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-down upon it fromthe rear. view of the same.

drawings represent corresponding parts 'of the machine size asv the uatnreot' the work they are `exforward therollers E E will rotate inward.l

theontsideot the stirrnpsD Dz Bythis arrangement the rollers are made torotate vo ut- .UNrTED STATES? PATENT OFFICE,

DNIELC. ooLBY, oafoLnEMoNr, New nntirsninn.

,IMPROVEMENT I'N CULTIVATORS.

Specieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,895, dated November 1l, 1862'. j

To all whom ft't'nay concern:

Be it Vknown that I, DANIEL (L GOLBY, of Claremont, in the county of Sullivan, State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in an Agricnltnralmple men t, which I denominate a Horse-Hoe; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full and. exact description of theeonstrnction and mode of operating the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification. l

Figure l is a viewot the machine, looking Fig. 2-is a side The same letters in theditferent igures of The eentralfbeam, A, the cross-beams B and C, and the stirrups D D 4constitute the main frame-work of the implement. F F are toothed wheels, placed either upon' the outside or inside, as maybe desirethof the" stirrups D D, and rotate upon the journals g gf as the machine is moved forward. t

E E are toothed rollers, kept infrctation' by the action of the teeth in thewheels uponfthe teeth in the front ends of theserollers.

H is a do'uble plo'wshare, adjustable` as' to the depth it ents the soil by raising or lowering its shaft I. Y

a is the draft-hook; b b, the handles; c, the rod connecting them; e erbraces to steadythe handles; g g, journals onwhichthe wheels FF turn i i t,- :&c., the teeth of these wheels 5 h h h, Ste., are the teeth in theroilers. These teeth should haof wroughtiron, and of suchpected to perform"` 'may require, the central or other suitablemater-al. l, 'f ,Y

With the machine arranged as inv Fig. 1 the wheels F wilhbe seen placed `onthe inside otthe stirrnpsDD,so asthe machine ismoved This is' the 'especialgarrangement when the lants are jnst beginning to appear 4'above vground and no hilling is'r'equiredf` In FigJZ'thewheels FF will jbe, seen upon parts when lthe plantshaveacquired more or less growth and the farmer wishes to throw up; earth i around them. The length of the `cross-beam (l is merely suiiicient to allow room for the wheels F F when :arranged as in Fig` 1 The plow H is placed in the peculiar relation tothe front teeth ot' the rollers E E in order that thesaid teeth (as the rollers revolve) Vmay pass over and near tothe surface ofthe two wings ot' the` said plow, and thus clear them from clogging, and at the same time to nd clay lumps 't'obreak and act -upon the turf a `tine them.

Harin g thus described the constrnction'and methods of arranging the several parts of my horse-hoe, I now proceed to set forth its advantagesand operation.

1t will be readily admitted that a machine ,daptedinotonly to the various kinds of crops,

`so fine as to4` eradicate the grass and weeds,

ward, this being the method of combining theA l `avin g them upon the surface to die.

Later in the season the machine may be arrangcdms inFigrZ and the plowshare lowered more orless, according as'oie wishesto hill up much or "little The soil now lifted from` between the rows by the plow H is seized hold ott' by the -teeth of the rollers'EE, pnlverized,

and thro-wn. np around and in among the growil'lg cropsto give oft' itsnntrition tothe plants in their now fructifying and `,larg'rer growth,

leaving-the hills or rows with all. that'nice finish'whiUh-farmers who still cultivate with thehand-hoe so much desire toproduce.

The change of parts `by which the varied resnltsof my hoe is produced is ofthe simplest,

character, and the adaptedness to hill up none atan, slightly, or to a greater extent willcommend itselfto all farmers, for it responds to every theory of cultivation andto all kinds ofsoil,4 The'perfectpulverization of-and thorough admixture"oflthefnanures with the s'oil in the summer months,after. thesolidi'fying spring Arains, are advltag'es not easilyover-estim ated.

To slecure'a'fnrm implement that sh'all a-n- Djllsnhstantally as describe-ll, andyfor the v fswer the abovey requirements in the best possible manner is the object of my invention?-` purposes set forth. y

2. The arrangement of the plow H with re- I do not -clain'i the nso of'toothed rollers, lationto the front; teeth of the rollersE E, in broadly, nor do I claim rotating them hya lthe manner-'zand for'the purposes sot forth.

driving wheel or Wheels; but

What I do claim, and desire to secnre by Letl ters Patent, is l 1. The arrangement andV combination ofthe e rollersw, the wheels FF, and the stirrnps DANIEL (.l. UOLBY.

' Witnesses:

J. RLADUAR, CHARLES L. PERRY, 

